Good iPad apps can make the iPad feel not like a device running an app, but like an object that is the app. GarageBand isn’t a musical app running on an iPad. It turns an iPad into a musical instrument.
This is John Gruber talking about GarageBand from the iPad 2 reveal earlier this week. This thought, that the best apps turn the iPad into a whole new device is something we discussed when it first arrived last year. Scott McDonlad and I took our iPads into our Disruptive Technology class a day after it shipped to share with our students ... that single point was what many of the students marveled at -- that a device like the iPad becomes something new each time you launch a new app, at least when you launch a good app.
I like that notion a lot. It is still what separates the iPad from my laptop -- it is the app I am running.
I guess I have to cave in and get an iPad. So be it.
Posted by: Sam Richards | 03/04/2011 at 09:50 AM
The iPAD compares best to a phone. Every time you download a new app to it, the phone becomes something new. With a laptop when a new software is installed, it is still your laptop. That is the nice thing about mobile devices, with every new model your phone becomes another tool.
Posted by: nathan stevens | 03/09/2011 at 03:36 PM
I have one issue with the iPad that nobody seems to talk about, and that is the aspect ratio of its screen. Doesn't it bother anyone that it's the old 4/3 format? I don't know, it looks old and dated to me!
Posted by: tablet pc | 04/28/2011 at 06:19 PM
Rather we must ask: what is a mathematical object for a given person? We contend that as mathematical maturity develops so does the number of available mathematical objects increase: the mathematical zoo becomes populated by more and more objects, each intimately linked with and related to, other mathematical objects. Fundamental questions are: How do we tell when a student deals with a concept as an object? How do objects come into being?
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Posted by: used dell laptops | 05/14/2011 at 07:16 AM
Good post, never thought of it like that. The iPad BECOMES the app! interesting theory! - ian @ http://www.ipadcaseuniverse.com
Posted by: ian.ipadcaseuniverse | 06/18/2011 at 08:44 AM
The apps are insane. My buddy got the dj app which allows you to make music. Then plugs it into his car with the car dock and plays it haha. its awesome.
Posted by: Dave | 07/20/2011 at 01:53 PM
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Posted by: Amanda Jovovic | 08/21/2011 at 10:50 AM